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Is this "the amazing true story of the secret Arab-Zionist agreement that partitioned Palestine"? So says the publisher. But the story itself is familiar to anyone who knows the history of Israel's birth in 1948. Still, if Shlaim reveals little that is unknown, he does bring the details into a single account, making it newly possible to see the 19471951 period and all the actors as a whole. Much of the information is fascinating—for example, why the British opposed the creation of an independent Palestinian state and the Israelis favored it; or, how Transjordanian and Israeli leaders nearly agreed to stage mock battles to fool the Arabs. Shlaim also makes a good case for some novel views, for example, that Ernest Bevin had a benign attitude toward Israel's birth.
The trouble with the book lies in its strong anti-Israel animus. Although an Israeli himself, Shlaim makes it his task to discredit those he calls "Zionist historians." Fine. But who is Shlaim to say that, despite David Ben-Gurion's declaration that a Jewish-Arab alliance was one of his main objectives, "deep in his heart, he rejoiced at the flight of the Arabs"? And why does he criticize only Israelis and never Arabs for "aggressiveness," "provocations," and "fanaticism"? This sort of partiality pervades the text.
Indeed, the very title bares Shlaim's bias, for as he himself admits, "collusion" connotes "a shabby and secret deal," and his study strongly suggests there was something disreputable about 'Abdullah's reaching agreements with the Zionists. Indulging in so pointed and parochial a revisionism mortally injures what could have been a fine work of scholarship.
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Showtime viewers are looking forward to the widely anticipated new series, Masters of Sex, which tells the story of sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson. And while Masters and Johnson may have been responsible for a part of the sexual revolution in America, what audiences may not know is how the tools used by these and other sex researchers have helped fuel both progress and oppression. A new Springer title, The Machines of Sex Research: Technology and the Politics of Identity, 1945-1985 by Donna J. Drucker, dives into the history of these machines and their implications on society. The book is part of the series Springer Briefs in History of Science and Technology.
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The survey also indicates continued recovery in economic and relocation trends. The Midwest (37 percent) is back on top as the most popular destination within the U.S.
About one-third (36 percent) of firms saw relocation volumes increase, and almost one-third (30 percent) saw budgets increase as well. Nearly half (45 percent) of large firms experienced an increase in volumes.
Internationally, the trends also reflect positive statistics with nearly half of firms handling international relocations citing an increase in volume.
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My husband and I will be spending a few days in Copenhagen and also in the Smaland area of Sweden. Any mid-priced dining suggestions or must-see recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Ida Davidsen's restaurant is worth a stop. Here's a quote from her website:http://www.idadavidsen.dk/index.php?p...
"They are rather crazy about "smørrebrød" (Danish open sandwiches) in that family. That crazy that they have now reached the fifth generation who has made a living out of high-piled "smørrebrød".
If something is unbearably long, you say that it is as long as Oskar Davidsen's list of "smørrebrød ." There is a reason for this, as in 1888 the one and same Davidsen started out with an open sandwich business on Nørrebro with no less than 177 pieces of "smørrebrød" to choose between.
So, today it is the fifth generation, also an Oscar (with a c) who runs the business, which is now situated in Store Kongensgade and is also a luncheonette.
It is named after the great-grandchild of the old Oskar, namely Ida Davidsen, who runs the kitchen (queen Ida, her son calls her), and the list of "smørrebrød" is now longer and has reached 250 pieces of "smørrebrød", by now.
The restaurant is cosy, the waiters are talking menus and there are plenty of regulars. Especially very famous people who, if they have earned it, have a piece of "smørrebrød" named after them. For example, you may set your teeth into Uffe Ellemann (worth considering!) or Victor Borge. The old showman is a piece with salmon, freshly marinated lumpfish caviar, crayfish tails, Greenland shrimp, lime and dill mayonnaise.'
You can check the prices for yourself online-- i'm not sure I'd call it mid-priced, but it is definitely a must-see. It's only open for lunch and always packed.
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What a great post! We'll definitely make a stop if we can get in, and report back. It will be so much more fun with the background info. That Victor Gorge sounds pretty amazing, and since it's representative of the offerings, it will be an adventure
. As far as the price goes, I'm not sure we'll find too much mid-priced in the region in general, so we'll just have to deal.
Thanks so much.
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The last time I was there, I had the Steak Tartare / Oysters, and 1 Herrings (you MUST have herrings) and 1 Gamel Ole with aspic and rum. (Gamel Ole is a verrrrrry strong cheese). MMMM !
if you like se asian food, stop by wokshop. can't remember the street name but it's just off kongens nyrtov (big roundabout near the castle). i think they have a website too.
when it comes to denmark, and copenhagen:
HOTDOGS - street vendors - make sure to have the lot on them.ICE CREAM - go up to hellerup (a northern suburb of cph) and one the main road is an icecream shop there that is famous for it's icecream - you'll know it when you see the queue on the street and wonder what everyone's gathering for.
BEER: you must have a beer at nyhavn. it's a tourist must. hopefully you'll get a sunny day whilst you are there.
unless you are on expenses, don't try to eat anywhere upmarket, and don't order wine out unless you can afford the really good stuff (the tax on wine in restaurants is phenomenal - Danes tend to drink at home with friends more as it isn't subject to the same tax.)
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I just remembered... have a dig around www.aok.dk - there is an english language version as well in case your danish is not up to speed! the locals use this site, and in the past has been very useful. i just popped on there and found:
Wokshop Cantina Take Away
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Garrett Sim has lost his final chance to achieve a victory over the University of California before death.
Garrett Sim has lost his final chance to achieve a victory over the University of California before death.
There was a spot on Cal Sports Report I think or a video on Cal Bears dot com that mentioned Jorge and Frani Echavarria (Cal Softball) are an item. Echavarria is decried by teammates as the toughest player on the team, as in nobody better mess with her Recently they told a story of the softball team staying in the same hotel as the men from Mexican National Soccer team and they noticed one of the players leering at Echavarria too long. The players said the poor fella didn't know who he was messin' with - I cracked up.
So, if for example, Guti and Echavarria led lives that ultimately resulted in a child that played hoops for Cal and that child suffered an alleged kick from Sims (or Pasternack for that matter), my money would be on the Gritty Golden Bear Offspring hands down! That would probably be one tough talented Bear.
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If you play men's basketball does that prevent you from playing womens...just saying
As a transgender female? Just saw a documentary re the huge increase in transgenders. Pretty hard for a transgender male to make it big in sports but transgender females should have a big advantage. I remember a transgender female named Dr. Richards doing very well in women's tennis. What's to prevent a tall and talented transgender female from dominating the WNBA? Are there any regulations in place to prevent that?
that it would have been SIMply awful to break our SIM streak in the PAC12 SIMifinals.
Theoretically, we could both end up in the NIT.
Richard Lee hasn't checked in on this thread yet?
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Clinical observations suggest that psychological stress induces exacerbation of disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In order to determine whether SLE patients differ from healthy controls in their stress response, we analyzed heart rate, blood pressure, catecholamine concentration, lymphocyte subpopulations, natural killer (NK) cell activity, and expression of beta-adrenoceptors on PBMC before, immediately after, and 1 h after a public speaking task in 15 SLE patients and 15 healthy subjects. Both groups demonstrated similar psychological, cardiovascular, and neuroendocrine responses to acute stress. However, natural killer (CD16(+)/CD56(+)) cell numbers transiently increased after stress exposure, with significantly less pronounced changes in SLE patients. In addition, NK activity increased in healthy controls (n = 8) but not in SLE patients (n = 4) after acute stress. Furthermore, the number of beta(2)-adrenoceptors on PBMC significantly increased only in healthy subjects (n = 8) after stress but not in SLE patients (n = 7). These data indicate that SLE patients differ from healthy controls in stress-induced immune responses. |
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Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer heard this weekend that Cuban phenom Yoenis Cespedes might not be eligible for major league free agency for another two months. But that hasn't stopped teams from expressing serious interest.
According to Carrie Muskat of MLB.com, the Cubs will have a private workout with the 26-year-old outfielder in the coming days, following in the Marlins' footsteps. And many more teams are expected to join them over the next several weeks.
Cespedes has an intriguing combination of power and speed, and most talent evaluators believe he could be ready for everyday major league action within a few months of signing a deal.
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- diehardcubbiefan4life - Nov 13, 2011 at 1:21 PM
oh no…………………….
- blueintown - Nov 13, 2011 at 3:21 PM
Yeah, who the hell would want a five-tool player just entering his prime at half the price of one of the big name free agents.
- paperlions - Nov 13, 2011 at 8:06 PM
Oh….I don't know….any team that is concerned about the fact that he's never faced competition above the low A level. Currently, this guy is a prospect, not a MLB player. He has never faced pitching anything like he'd see at AA, much less MLB, so he represents risk….and as most people know, the majority of highly touted prospects hit their ceilings somewhere between low A and AAA.
I am not saying the guy won't be great, just that he is an unknown, having never faced competition as good as the Cape League, and should not be regarded as a major league player….for comparison, the Japanese League is much better than the Cuban one, and we all know how well the vast majority of players that were stars over there have fared at this level. Simply, he's a risk.
- blueintown - Nov 13, 2011 at 9:04 PM
Agreed. He has been scouted, the scouts have deemed him a five tool player. He is entering his prime. He will come at a cheaper price then any of the elite free agents. Thus, he is a lower risk. Your point that he is "unknown" is incredibly enlightening. Thanks for that.
- shawon0meter - Nov 13, 2011 at 2:58 PM
Go get him Theo!
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I took the OP's question to be if anyone has used one, what do they think, and not whether or not it is better than an AR.
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No thats purely in therory. Shooting them all side by side at a range day for work... (the SCAR's ACR's AR's Ruger SR556) The recoil isn't noticeably different in any of them. However the SCAR's were using the brake... where as the others were just flash hiders.
I think they are a fine gun... but I just see no way of justify the price difference being so extreme. I love "black rifles" so I would certainly buy one if there wasn't such a huge gap in price for essentially moot points for "upgrading". It isn't like I can't afford one either... but I still find better value in an AR with accessories and ammo to go with it for about the same price tag as a bone stock SCAR, or ACR. I will say I found the ACR to be uncomfortably heavy. |
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The Interchange Format for Bayesian Networks |
The goal of the current implementation is to agree on a format that can represent networks with discrete variables. Several extensions will be entertained for next releases of the format.
This document gives a brief overview of the basics of the proposed Interchange Format. Open issues are emphasized in bold font.
White spaces, tabs and newlines are ignored; the C/C++ style of comments (//... and multi-line /*...*/ comment sequences) are adopted. Two other characters are also ignored when they occur between tokens: "," and "|". These characters can be used to separate variables in the definition of a probability distribution.
The basic unit of information is a block: a piece of text which starts with a keyword and ends with the end of an attribute list (to be explained later). Arbitrary characters are allowed between blocks. This allows the user to insert arbitrarily long comments outside the blocks, and reserve the //, /* */, comments to be placed inside blocks. It also allows user-specific blocks and commands to be placed outside the standard blocks.
Other than blocks, the Interchange Format refers to three entities: words, non-negative integers and non-negative reals.
A word is a contiguous sequence of characters, with the restriction that the first character be a letter. Characters are letters plus numbers plus the underline symbol (_) plus the dash symbol (-).
A non-negative integer is a sequence of numeric characters which is not followed by a decimal point or an exponent. The first character of a non-negative integer has to be larger than zero. A non-negative real is a sequence of numeric characters, containing a decimal point or an exponent or both. Notice that there is no overlap between non-negative integer and reals; for example the sequence "88" is an integer but not a real, and the sequence "88.0" is a real but not an integer. Finally "088" is not an integer nor a real. These conventions roughly follow the Java language and are also used by many C compilers (should these conventions be changed?).
block-type block-name { attribute-name attribute-value; attribute-name attribute-value; attribute-name attribute-value; }with as many attributes as necessary. The closing semicolon is mandatory after each attribute.
There are three possible blocks: network, variable and probability blocks.
network Robot-Planning { property version 1.1; property author Nobody; }
variable Leg { type discrete[2] { long, short }; property temporary yes; }
probability ( Leg | Arm ) { table 0.1 0.9 0.9 0.1; }The blocks occur in the following order:
The attribute property can appear in all types of blocks. A property is just a string of arbitrary text to be associated with a block. Examples of properties:
property size 12; property name "Trial number ten";Any text is valid between the keyword property and the ending semicolon. The idea is to store information that is specific to a particular system or network in the properties. Any number of property attributes can appear in a block.
The type attribute is specific to variable blocks. type lists the values of a discrete variable:
type discrete[ number-of-values ] { list-of-values };The number-of-values token is a non-negative integer which indicates how many different values this variable may assume (the size of the list-of-values). The list-of-values is a sequence of words, each one the name of a variable value. At this point continuous variables are not supported (should they be?).
There are attributes that are specific to probability blocks (these attributes are discussed in the next section):
probability(GasGauge | Gas, BatteryPower) { (yes, high) 0.999 0.001; (yes, low) 0.850 0.150; (yes, medium) 0.000 1.000; (no, high) 0.000 1.000; (no, low) 0.000 1.000; (no, medium) 0.000 1.000; }As explained before, the symbols "|" and "," are ignored between tokens so they do not affect the list of variables given after the keyword probability. The variables however must be enclosed by parenthesis.
The example above uses the entry attribute, which is different from the other attributes in that it has no keyword. It simply starts with an opening parenthesis, and has a list of values for all the conditioning variables. After the closing parenthesis, a list of probability values for the first variable is given (note the user must provide numbers that add to one but this is not mandatory).
The probability vectors can be listed in any order, since the names in parentheses uniquely identify the parent instantiation.
In addition to the entry attribute, the Interchange Format supports the concept of a default entry. So the above CPT could have been specified equivalently as:
probability(GasGauge | Gas, BatteryPower) { default 0.000 1.000; (yes, low) 0.850 0.150; (no, medium) 0.000 1.000; }Note that each number is a separate token, so we can use "," and "|" between numbers; these symbols are ignored.
Another way to define a probability distribution is through the table attribute. The body of such attribute is a sequence of non-negative real numbers, in the counting order of the declared variables (if all variables were binary, we would say binary counting with least significant digit in the right). So, for the example above, we could simply say:
probability(GasGauge | Gas, BatteryPower) { table 0.999 0.850 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.001 0.15 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0; }
There are some subtle rules that regulate these declarations.
Noisy functions are characterized by the property that the probability vectors for each entry can be derived from the probability vectors of the parent instantiations. This proposal has not settled yet in a general format for noisy functions.
Currently the Interchange Format adopts the suggestion from the BNIF, noting that all that is necessary to reconstruct a noisy-or/max/sum is the name of the function and the probability that the child is true given that each parent singly is true. For example if there are four parents, each taking values 0 and 1, we need the rows for the instantiations 1 0 0 0, 0 1 0 0, 0 0 1 0, 0 0 0 1.
From the BNIF proposal:
Noisy functions are characterized by the property that the probability vectors for each combination of conditional variables can be derived from the probability vectors of the leak parent instantiation and the parent instantiations in which one and only one parent assumes a value different from its leak value. Conceptually, the leak parent instantiation represents the situation in which none of the parents is causing the child node to be in a abnormal state, and hence the probability vector associated with the leak instantiation models influences on the child node that are not explicitly accounted for the parents.
Currently, we suggest the use of a property "function" to insert information about the particular noisy function. For example:
probability(GasGauge | Gas, BatteryPower) { property function max; (0, 0): 0.999, 0.001; // leak term (0, 1): 0.850, 0.150; (0, 2): 0.000, 1.000; (1, 0): 0.000, 1.000; }Other formats for noisy-functions will be considered for implementation.
network Internal-Network{ //18 variables and 18 probability distributions } variable Alternator{ //2 values type discrete[2] { Ok Faulted }; property position = (47, 42) ; } variable FanBelt{ //3 values type discrete[3] { Ok Slipping Broken }; property position = (154, 42) ; } probability ( BatteryPower Charge BatteryState ) { //3 variable(s) and 8 values table 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 ; } probability ( GasInTank ) { //1 variable(s) and 2 values table 0.5 0.5 ; }
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The bytecodes for the Test program should be in the Classes directory in the parser distribution. To run it as an application, go to that directory and run java Test. A frame will be created; you will be asked to insert the name of a file (with the path to it, if necessary). Then click the Load button, and the Test program will run the parser in the file. A BayesNet object will be constructed and displayed, and some basic checks will be made. If you see the word "Result" popping out followed by some numbers, the file was successfully read. Check the console to see the BayesNet object printed (if you are running an applet, open the Java console window from your browser). If there were problems with the file, a brief error message will be displayed in the Test program frame; check the console to get a more descriptive message.
To run Test as an applet, you will need a small piece of HTML to call the program. The file Test.html contains a minimal HTML document which calls the Test program.
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Thanks Jason for adding me to the list and yes I'll be in the lone Nissan lol I got Xterra back last night so I now have my axle shafts back in and new abs wire do I have 4wd.
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Investigators searching for remains of an 11-year-old boy who disappeared in 1999 will look again along the Whitewater River near Towanda, Butler County Sheriff Craig Murphy said Tuesday.
"We are going back to the river Saturday," searching for any evidence that could be connected to Adam Herrman's disappearance, Murphy said.
As with a search for Adam earlier this month, investigators on Saturday will be assisted by anthropology experts and search dogs, Murphy said.
Saturday's search, which will begin around 8 a.m., will go farther south along the Whitewater, for about 2 miles. The river runs along the west side of Towanda.
Valerie Herrman told The Eagle that Adam ran away the first week in May 1999 and never returned.
She said that Adam ran away after she spanked him with a belt. The Herrmans said they didn't report Adam missing because they feared the spanking would prompt authorities to take away Adam and his two younger siblings. For years, the Herrmans explained Adam's absence to relatives by saying he had been returned to the state's custody because he had behavior problems, the relative s said.
The relatives told The Eagle that Valerie Herrman had abused Adam for years - an allegation she denies.
In an interview Friday, Butler County's chief prosecutor, County Attorney Jan Satterfield, said that the Herrmans are suspects in his disappearance and that the investigation could result in first-degree felony murder charges, with the underlying crime being child abuse.
The Herrmans have not been charged with any crime, and Valerie Herrman's attorney, Warner Eisenbise, has said that Valerie Herrman denies harming Adam.
Attorney Dan Monnat, whose firm is representing Doug Herrman, said, "Doug Hermann is innocent of any act resulting in the disappearance of Adam Herrman."
On Tuesday, Murphy said that his detectives are "still working through leads," including "a few leads that have sparked our interest." He wouldn't elaborate.
He asked that anyone with information about the case call investigators at 316-322-8817 or e-mail detectives at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Gives piercing alarm whistles,
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Breeds from Alaska, east through
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Mexico, Gulf Coast, southern Florida, and western South America. Winters from
southeastern Alaska (rarely), southern British Columbia, central U.S., and New
England, south to western Indies and northern South America.
Found in fields, meadows, pastures, mudflats,
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Feeds on small invertebrates on ground
surface, but will also feed in shallow water.
Nests in depression on ground, in variety
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areas. Nesting density in several different areas was 13-30 pairs/ha. Forages
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Not long after shuttering hot-dog joint Brats: Dog & Wieners to make more room for adjacent Little Cheese Pub, Daniel Angerer and Lori Mason have announced that their Klee Brasserie will become an Austrian heuriger. The couple will close Klee in early July and hope to relaunch by fall as a more casual Austrian wine tavern (for a primer on heurigers, see this Times story from last fall). "Klee's been around for five years. We were kind of ready for it," Mason tells Grub Street. "With the change in the economy, people's spending habits have changed. They're not spending as much on wine; check averages have gone down. We decided to go with the grain instead of against it." That'll mean more affordable, casual wines and food: "We're simplifying the menu, simplifying the concept," Mason says. In the process, Klee is clearing out its "multi-award winning wine list" and diners are invited to "make us an offer we can't refuse" on bottles like "Opus One, Chateau Margaux, Chateau Haut Brion, Vega Sicilia Chateau d'Yquem, Joseph Phelps, Sassicaia, Gaja," according to the announcement.
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'The Giant Has Awoken' -- Brazilian Americans Reflect on Protests
SAN FRANCISCO -- As protests continue to rock major cities across Brazil, here in the United States Brazilian Americans are expressing support for their fellow compatriots. Many take pride in the ongoing demonstrations, but also fear that plans to host two major international sporting events could spell disaster.
"Everyone is very excited," said Sao Paulo native Natalia Paiva, a recent University of Miami graduate who participated in a June 18 rally at Miami's Bayside Marketplace. The rally drew some 200 from the city's sizable Brazilian community.
There are about 300,000 Brazilians living in Florida. Nationwide they number just over one million.
"The giant has awoken," Paiva added, citing the continued unrest in her home country.
That giant represents the millions of Brazilians who feel increasingly left behind by the country's recent economic success. The protests that began June 17 have since swept across the country, with crowds of up to one million swarming streets in Sao Paulo, Rio and other cities. The latest involved a crowd of some 5,000 in the northeastern city of Fortaleza, where protestors clashed with police during a Confederations Cup soccer match.
Bruno Tambasco is a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who is currently interning in Rio. A Brazilian American, he says anger at the government over rising inequality and corruption has long simmered beneath the surface, and that preparations for the World Cup and Olympics, far from rallying the populace, have helped bring those frustrations to the fore.
"Brazilians are not pleased with their government," he said, "and if [the government] continues to worry more about the World Cup and the Olympics rather than the people's needs, then the outcome could be terrible."
In the past decade Brazil has climbed from a developing country to one of the world's leading economies. In 2011 it was listed as the sixth largest, behind France and ahead of the United Kingdom. Still, in recent months signs of slowing have emerged.
A piece in The Economist that appeared just a week before the protests erupted hinted at the coming unrest. Titled "Stuck in the Mud," the piece noted, "Stagnant growth is now hitting Brazilians in their pockets … Consumer confidence is falling and more people say rising prices are their biggest economic worry."
Indeed, what began as a movement against a proposed bus fare hike has now morphed into a wider backlash against the government of President Dilma Rouseff, a left-leaning pragmatist who in May enjoyed a 79 percent approval rating for steps that included increasing public spending and hiking the minimum wage. But, as The Economist points out, her efforts also fueled rising inflation that has hit the nation's poor and middle class.
Rouseff is up for re-election next year.
William Smith teaches international relations at the University of Miami. A veteran Brazil watcher, he says the government's failure to address the rampant poverty and social inequality contrasts with the eagerness with which it has thrown itself into planning for the sporting events.
"The World Cup and Olympics reinforce the perception that elites have their priorities all wrong," said Smith. "Billions [have been spent] for stadiums and mega-events versus little public investment in the human capital, schools, healthcare, and public services that benefit the poor and the middle class."
Smith notes that some 26 percent of Brazil's population of 196 million lives below the poverty line, many of them in slums that stand cheek by jowl to wealthier enclaves.
"In Brazil, there are homeless everywhere including in rich neighborhoods," said Gabrielle Pin, a Brazilian-born college student living in South Florida. "You can have a beautiful house with all the electronics you can imagine and go down the street and have the entrance of a favela [or slum], where you don't even have sewage."
Like others in the community she says she's been inspired by the protests, and troubled by the increasingly harsh government response, which she describes as "hypocritical."
Rouseff's administration waited five days before responding to the growing protests, as police attempted to disperse crowds with tear gas and rubber bullets. Last week she met with the leaders of the Free Fare Movement, one of the lead organizers of the movement that for years has been pushing to eliminate bus and train fares.
On Tuesday, Brazil's lower house of congress voted 403-9 to drop a measure that would have limited the investigative powers of federal prosecutors, reports the Associated Press. Many feared the bill would make it harder to prosecute official corruption.
"Maybe things are headed in a new direction," said Mauricio Melchor, an architect originally from Sao Paolo but now living in Oakland, California. "The federal government has been making a lot of promises, and while it's easy to make empty promises for the first time we are seeing more democracy."
As for the upcoming sporting events, he is less optimistic.
Pointing to the rampant corruption plaguing infrastructure projects like hotel construction to beefing up transportation and security for the thousands of visitors expected to flock to the country, Melchor worries the recent demonstrations may be "too little too late."
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Beam quality improvement by gain guiding effect in end-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser amplifiers |
Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 21, pp. 21060-21073 (2011)
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In end-pumped Nd:YVO4 amplifiers, beam quality improvement is obtained both in theory and in experiments. A theoretical model of gain-guided laser amplifier is developed by comprehensively considering thermal effect, gain guiding and gain saturation effect. Several key parameters of the amplifier are discussed such as the input beam quality, the beam filling factor between input beam and pump beam, the ratio between input power and pump power, and the length of laser crystal. The theoretical results are confirmed by the experiments.
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(140.3280) Lasers and laser optics : Laser amplifiers
(140.3430) Lasers and laser optics : Laser theory
(140.3480) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, diode-pumped
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Lasers and Laser Optics
Original Manuscript: July 29, 2011
Revised Manuscript: September 12, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: September 27, 2011
Published: October 7, 2011
Zhen Xiang, Dan Wang, Sunqiang Pan, Yantao Dong, Zhigang Zhao, Tong Li, Jianhong Ge, Chong Liu, and Jun Chen, "Beam quality improvement by gain guiding effect in end-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser amplifiers," Opt. Express 19, 21060-21073 (2011)
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